Area Theaters Beef Up Security After Colo. Massacre

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – Many South Florida movie theaters are on high alert following the mass shooting early Friday morning in Aurora, Colorado.

Despite the tragedy more that 2,000 miles away, local movie goers came out in large numbers to see th latest Batman movie, “The Dark Night Rises”.

“I got a call from my parents who told me to be careful, but I didn’t think it was too big of a deal,” said Joseph Zabertnik.

“I was okay,” ssaid Ana Perez. “The chances of it happening twice are pretty slim, I’m really sad it had to happen at all and my heart goes out to the people of Colorado, but you can’t live in fear either.”

But Marlene Janetous with the AutoNAtion IMAX Theater in Ft. Lauderdale says they’d rather be safe than sorry.